Brief Life History of James Starling
James Starling South was born on 4 April 1810, in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States as the son of James South. He married Lucy Franklin Fuller on 20 December 1832, in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Meriwether, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1860. He died on 27 May 1906, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Geraldine, DeKalb, Alabama, United States.
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- Starling South, "United States Census, 1830"
- James Sherman South, "Find a Grave Index"
- James S South in entry for D B Jones and Georgia A South, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Meriwether, Georgia, United States
1835 · Treaty of New Echota
A minority group of Cherokees including John Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and Stand Waite, signed the Treaty of New Echota which ceded all Cherokee territory east of the Mississippi in exchange for five million dollars. The majority of Cherokees did not agree and 16,000 Cherokee signatures were gathered to protest the treaty. Boudinot and both Ridges were killed several years later by angry Cherokees for signing the treaty.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English south ‘south’, denoting someone who had migrated ‘from the south’, especially someone from southern England living in the north of the country. It may also have been used as a topographic name to denote someone living in the southern part of a settlement or region. Compare Southern .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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